Problem – lack of data, question method, inadequacies
Solution – how to get more data, improve method, overcome inadequacies
Evaluation – Assessment of the merits of the proposed answer
Will your text be a problem-solution?
HMMs (Hidden Markov Models) are commonly used in speech recognition algorithms. They have also been successfully utilized in many other bioinformatics problems. However, to our knowledge, there is no prior work that uses HMMs for inferring gene regulation. This remains as a significant avenue of research yet to be explored. We are hoping to be the first group to achieve this.
Often begin by reviewing the current state of knowledge which allows the author to raise questions and offer answers.
Midposition Adverbs
“to our knowledge, there is no prior work that uses”
“published”, “to do/carry out research”, yet
currently, to date, hitherto, as of yet, study, investigate
Task 2 – p. 86
Role of Process
Often necessary to describe a process –
Does your text/will your text describe a process? What is it?
The chances of finding oil are often estimated by seismic survey
Write a similar sentence using concepts from your field
Flow
Write a list of words used to introduce stages in a sequence eg. Firstly, secondly, thirdly
after (a while) afterwards at first at last at (the same time) while first , second, third... thereafter concurrently soon then (up to) (then) later somewhat earlier shortly over the next (2 days) as long as last
Ambiguity caused by combining verbs
The liquid is collected and kept for 24 hours
The sample is collected and stored in a sterile container
